News
Aug 11, 2008
Letter to the Editor: Idaho Statestman
Sent Via email: editorial@idahostatesman.com
As members of Idaho's higher education community, private career colleges support the efforts of the Board of Education to tighten-up regulatory oversight of online or residential programs domiciled in the state of Idaho that purport to grant degrees. It is essential that the general public knows to do research on quality of education, degree validity and institutional accountability. They can be assured of quality education when they enroll at an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Such accreditation provides students, regulators, legislators and employers assurances that the degree is valid, well-earned and issued by an institution that has undergone strict academic and accountability standards.
Four private career colleges in Idaho have met the benchmarks of accreditation as a degree-granting institution. Apollo College, Brown Mackie College, ITT Technical Institute and Stevens-Henager College have each been granted the status of an accredited degree-granting college by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and each of those accrediting agencies are listed as recognized accrediting organizations on the Council for Higher Education Accreditation website. Furthermore, each college has complied with the requirements of the Idaho Board of Education.
We applaud the Statesman's article that will better enlighten the general public about online education and accreditation.
Read the Idaho Statesman Article here
Northwest Governors Appreciate NWCCF Scholarship Program
Governor Gregoire - Washington
Oct 10, 2007
Colleges add 13 degrees in High-Demand fields
$60 Million infusion of state funding to create degrees in high-demand fields
"While the Washington Legislature has provided money for several years to boost enrollment in high-demand fields, the state colleges in the past spent much of it to add students to existingprograms. This year, accordong to the state Higher Education Coordinating Board, the public colleges are concentrating on new programs."
Sept 9, 2007
Oregon State Board of Education - Topic Summary
Topic: Taskforce on Community College Course Approval - Recomendation
At the May meeting of the State Board of Education, Commissioner Preus shared a charge and membership of a task force on the class approval process for community colleges. The task force was to review and recommend possible refinements to the community college course approval process. This was In response to the suggestion that the current process for approving courses may not be working consistently, CCWD reviewed the steps in the "course" approval process and found that compliance with the "assurance" that all parties have been contacted in the development of this course, appeared to be inconsistent. The other steps to the process appear to have been followed. The process for degree and program approval was also reviewed and it was found to be working.
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